The Shells of Pigeon Creek Genealogy Web Site
The ancestors, descendants, and cousins of the Shells of Pigeon Creek, Alabama.
Notes for Roscoe Lloyd Shell
Roscoe Lloyd Shell, called Lloyd, was the son of Henry Harrison Shell and Fannie Crawford. The Shell family lived in the house that was originally built of logs erected by Bob Brown and Henry Burke in the Brushey Creek community of Butler County. When completed Brown wrote on the wall the following inscription: This house was finished April 21, 1861. This was the year and month that the War Between the States began.
The list of occupations held by Lloyd includes an assortment of jobs. Among these he was the co-owner of a saw mill with his brother E. C. He owned a syrup mill and a gristmill where they ground corn and grits. He was the owner of two general stores. He was a school teacher in the nearby community of Wild Fork. Lloyd was a farmer and also served as a county commissioner.
A Baptist minister, Lloyd donated the land on which the Brushey Creek church, pastor's residence, cemetery and school were built.
Mildred Stinson-Brown. Families of Butler County. http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Canal/8924/. (1999)
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